Music: February 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

{allcanada} Drake splits with reps over Rolling Stone cover bump

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Drake and his Hollywood p.r. firm ID have reportedly parted ways after the rapper was bumped from a recent Rolling Stone cover for late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. But Page Six has learned it was just the latest behind-the-scenes drama between the artist and his reps.

Insiders say the “Started From the Bottom” performer also had a beef with Hollywood agency ICM Partners and another of his former p.r. firms, the Chambers Group.

Billboard on Friday reported Drake and ID split after he ranted on Twitter over losing a Rolling Stone cover to Hoffman after his tragic death: “I’m done doing interviews for magazines. I just want to give my music to the people. That’s the only way my message gets across accurately.”

But we hear that was the last straw for ID, as well, after Drake hadn’t shown up for several other magazine shoots and TV appearances the firm had arranged, leaving editors and execs grousing about Drake’s management team, composed of cronies from his hometown of Toronto who call themselves “October’s Very Own.”

“It’s a shame that someone with so much talent is surrounded by kids who are burning bridges left and right,” a source told us.

ID also reps Alicia Keys and Ben Stiller.

We also hear Drake had an ugly split with another firm, the Chambers Group, after he got into a screaming match with a female publicist and ordered her out an elevator they were riding in at New York’s London/NYC Hotel.

The rapper had left ICM in late 2011 to join WME after he grew frustrated that the firm only brought him roles in urban movies, sources said, as opposed to mainstream films. But we hear ICM got Drake a role in the Richard Gere Wall Street thriller “Arbitrage” and that he committed, then backed out after signing a contract.

Drake’s rep Oliver El-Khatib didn’t get back to us. ID took the high road and issued the statement: “Drake is an incredibly talented artist, and we’re proud of our results for [his new album] ‘Nothing Was the Same’ and Would You Like a Tour? We wish him the best.”

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{allcanada} Wild win 4th straight, top Canucks in 7-round shootout

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VANCOUVER -- Rookie Justin Fontaine scored the only goal of the shootout, in the seventh round, to give the Minnesota Wild a 2-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Friday at Rogers Arena.

Fontaine faked a shot as he cut across the crease and slid the puck back through the legs of Canucks goalie Eddie Lack. Wild rookie goalie Darcy Kuemper made his seventh straight stop on a David Booth spin move atop the crease to preserve Minnesota's fourth straight win.

Zach Parise scored in the first period for the Wild, who increased their wild-card cushion in the Western Conference Stanley Cup Playoff race.

Ryan Kesler scored for the Canucks, who couldn't build on a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday that snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Vancouver's power play, which came into the game ranked 28th in the NHL, failed to convert a two-minute chance in overtime, managing one shot with Parise off for boarding defenseman Christopher Tanev.

The point did move Vancouver ahead of the Phoenix Coyotes into a tie with the Dallas Stars for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. But the Canucks fell seven points behind the Wild, who hold the first wild card, and Vancouver has played more games. The Canucks have played one more game than the Wild, two more than the Coyotes, and three more than the Stars.

Vancouver plays the Ottawa Senators on Sunday in the 2014 Tim Hortons Heritage Classic at BC Place.

Kuemper made his 14th straight start coming off a 21-save shutout of the Edmonton Oilers the night before, and finished with 30 saves.

Lack got a second start ahead of Roberto Luongo after shutting out the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday, and finished with 21 saves.

Kesler, back after missing the first game after the 2014 Sochi Olympics because he injured his hand there, opened the scoring shorthanded 5:19 into the first period. He skated onto a chip pass from Chris Higgins at center ice and into a partial break, snapping a shot from the top of the left faceoff circle past Kuemper's blocker.

Minnesota appeared to tie it a little more than three minutes later when Keith Ballard's point shot through traffic went in off the post, but referee Brad Meier immediately waved it off for goalie interference. Wild forward Erik Haula was atop the crease, but did not appear to make much, if any contact, with Lack before the puck went in.

The Wild got one that counted on the power play with 5:48 left in the first period. Lack made a couple great saves early, gloving Jason Pominville's shot from the left faceoff dot and kicking out the left pad to deny a Jonas Brodin one-timer. But he never saw Parise's wrist shot as he circled off the left boards above the circle before firing it through Dany Heatley's screen and in high on the blocker side.

Parise has five goals and 11 points in his past seven games.

The game tightened up in a scoreless second period, with Kuemper making a couple tough saves, including one on Henrik Sedin in tight early, and another on a Booth deflection midway through.

Kuemper made a great save early in the third period, sprawling out to get his right pad on Kesler's backhand attempt in tight after he collected a rebound and cut across the top of the crease.

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{allcanada} OHL: RUPERT HELPS KNIGHTS OUTLAST ATTACK IN SHOOTOUT

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LONDON, Ont. -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action.

Mitchell Marner and Max Domi also scored for the Knights in regulation (44-12-5) while Ryan Rupert clinched the win with London's second shootout goal.

London's Jake Patterson made 22 saves for the win.

Jack Flinn gave the Attack (26-26-8) a chance to win by stopping 52-of-55 shots.

Daniel Milne scored twice for Owen Sound and Kurtis Gabriel added the other.

Both clubs went 0 for 3 on the power play.

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FRONTENACS 10 BULLS 2

KINGSTON, Ont. -- Sam Bennett scored three times as the Frontenacs used a five-goal first period to crush Belleville.

Darcy Greenoway and Henri Ikonen each had a goal and two assists for Kingston (33-22-4) while Mikko Vainonen, Ryan Verbeek, Robert Polesello, Corey Pawley and Spencer Watson added the others.

Lucas Perissini stopped 37-of-39 shots for the Frontenacs.

Cameron Brace scored both goals for the Bulls (19-36-6) as Michael Giugovaz allowed all 10 goals on 39 shots against.

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COLTS 2 WHALERS 1 (SO)

PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 49 shots for the Whalers, but gave up the winner to Zach Hall in the third round of the shootout as Barrie won for the first time in three outings.

Andreas Athanasiou forced overtime for the Colts (32-26-3) when he scored at 5:20 of the third period.

Plymouth's (24-30-7) Zach Lorentz opened the scoring at 6:04 of the second.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 35 saves for Barrie.

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OTTERS 4 STING 3

SARNIA, Ont. -- Dane Fox scored twice, including his 58th of the season at 19:22 of the third period to break a 3-3 deadlock, as Erie edged the Sting.

Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist for the Otters (45-14-2) and Travis Wood scored the other.

Nickolas Latta, Hayden Hodgson and Vladislav Kodola scored for Sarnia (16-39-6) and Nikolay Goldobin tacked on two assists.

Erie's Oscar Dansk made 18 saves for the win as Taylor Dupuis stopped 33-of-37 shots in defeat.

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SPIRIT 5 RANGERS 2

SAGINAW, Mich. -- Justin Kea scored twice and Jake Paterson stopped 36 shots as the Spirit handed Kitchener its fourth loss in a row.

Jeremiah Addison, Dylan Sadowy and Jimmy Lodge also scored for Saginaw (30-26-5) and Nick Moutrey had two assists.

Mason Kohn and Curtis Meighan scored for the Rangers (22-36-3).

Matthew Greenfield started in net for Kitchener and allowed four goals on 16 shots before being relieved by Jordan DeKort to start the third period. DeKort stopped 5-of-6 shots in relief.

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GENERALS 4 STEELHEADS 1

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Ken Appleby made 27 saves and Oshawa produced all its offence in the first period en route to defeating the Steelheads.

Josh Sterk, Jacob Busch, Joe Manchurek and Hunter Smith scored for the Generals (40-17-5).

Mississauga (23-34-4) got its lone goal from Bobby MacIntyre.

Chase Marchand allowed all four goals on 15 shots before Spencer Martin took over to start the second period. Martin made 19 saves in relief.

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WOLVES 6 STORM 5

SUDBURY, Ont. -- Trevor Carrick scored once and set up two more as the Wolves came from behind to defeat Guelph.

Ray Huether, Nicholas Baptiste, Jacob Harris, Radek Faksa and Nathan Pancel also scored for Sudbury (31-2-10), which trailed 5-2 after 40 minutes of play.

Robby Fabbri, Pius Suter and Zach Mitchell each had a goal and an assist for the Storm (47-11-3) while Brock McGinn and Marc Stevens added singles.

Franky Palazzese made 36 saves for the Wolves. Guelph's Justin Nichols stopped 32-of-38 shots in defeat.

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{allcanada} FLAMES (22-30-7) at OILERS (20-34-7)

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Saturday, March 1, 2014

10:00 PM ET

FLAMES (22-30-7) at OILERS (20-34-7)

TV: CBC

Last 10: Calgary 6-4-0; Edmonton 5-4-1

Season series: This is the fourth of five games in the Battle of Alberta between the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers won two of the first three and shut out Calgary 2-0 in their most recent meeting on Dec. 27.

Big story: The Oilers and Flames have sputtered coming out of the Olympic break; each was shut out on home ice Thursday. The Oilers lost 3-0 to the Minnesota Wild in Edmonton, while the Los Angeles Kings beat the Flames 2-0 in Calgary.

Team Scope:

Flames: At 22-30-7 and 13th in the Western Conference standings, the Stanley Cup Playoffs are a near-impossibility for the Flames. That hasn't stopped coach Bob Hartley from demanding a playoff-like atmosphere from his troops over the final 23 games of the season.

"I want them in a playoff mode," Hartley said. "It's going to be a gauge to where we're at, how we can cope with a playoff feeling. At the same time, I believe it's a great investment for everyone because let's face it, we have many young players who don't have or have very little NHL playoff experience.

"It's not NHL playoffs, but we're going to put ourselves in playoff mode."

Starting with the loss to the Kings, Hartley has broken down Calgary's remaining games into two seven-game segments, leaving the balance open to different options.

Oilers: Forward Nail Yakupov might have caught a break by avoiding one.

Yakupov had to leave the loss to the Wild after taking a shot from teammate Justin Schultz off the foot. But an initial X-ray showed no break.

"It happens sometimes and it's part of the game, part of hockey and sometimes shots will get your body or your legs when you stand in front of the net," Yakupov told the Oilers website. "It happens. It's OK. I think it will be better for sure and I'm just waiting to be in a game again and just play for the Oilers."

Still, Yakupov could miss the game against the Flames.

"I don't know," he said when asked if he would have to sit out. "I can't say anything now, but I hope not."

Who's hot: Before going pointless in back-to-back games to sandwich the Olympic break, Mikael Backlundhad six goals and 10 points in six games for the Flames. … Though he has failed to record a point for the Oilers in six straight contests, Ales Hemsky scored three goals and added an assist for the Czech Republic in Sochi.

Injury report: Flames defenseman Chris Butler is expected to miss the game after sustaining an upper-body injury in the loss to the Kings. Brian McGrattan, who is also nursing an upper-body injury sustained in practice last week, has been cleared for contact but isn't expected to play. Goaltender Karri Ramo (lower body) and forward Curtis Glencross (lower body) are out. … Yakupov remains questionable and Oilers defenseman Philip Larsen is injured reserve with an undisclosed ailment.

Team Stats

	GP	Record	Home	Road	L10	G/G	GA/G	PP%	PK%	PIM/G	S/G	SA/G	FO%
	59	22-30-7	12-15-3	10-15-4	6-4-0	2.25	3.02	14.0	80.7	11.6	26.8	28.9	46.2
	61	20-34-7	10-15-2	10-19-5	5-4-1	2.48	3.28	16.6	81.5	11.0	27.0	32.3	49.4

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{allcanada} QMJHL: EHLERS'S HAT TRICK PACES MOOSEHEADS PAST TITAN

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BATHURST, N.B. - Nikolaj Ehlers reached the 40-goal mark by scoring three times as the Halifax Mooseheads blanked the host Acadie-Bathurst Titan 6-0 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Goaltender Zachary Fucale only had to make 18 saves for the shutout while Ehlers tacked on an assist for a four-point outing.

Austyn Hardie scored once and set up two more for the Mooseheads (40-18-3), who extended their win streak to five games, and Andrew Ryan and Philippe Gadoury had the others.

Titan (18-37-6) defenceman Alexandre Gosselin was caught on the ice for all six goals against.

Miguel Sullivan stopped 34-of-40 shots for Acadie-Bathurst, which fell to 1-8-1 in its last 10 contests.

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ISLANDERS 5 WILDCATS 4

MONCTON, N.B. -- Bradley Kennedy scored twice as Charlottetown snapped a four-game slide by edging the Wildcats.

Spenser Cobbold scored once and assisted on two others for the Islanders (19-36-6) while Troy Vance and Daniel Sprong each had a goal and an assist.

Stephan Seegar, Mark Simpson, Vladimir Tkachev and Christopher Caissy supplied the scoring for Moncton (30-29-3), which dropped its fourth straight game.

Mason MacDonald made 34 saves for Charlottetown as Jason Rioux turned away 19-of-24 shots for the Wildcats.

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SCREAMING EAGLES 4 SEA DOGS 3

SAINT JOHN, N.B. --Jeremy Beaudry scored twice, including the winner 4:09 into overtime, as Cape Breton picked up its sixth win in its last seven outings by slipping past the Sea Dogs.

Julien Pelletier and Clark Bishop also scored for the Screaming Eagles (33-24-4), who blew a 3-0 third-period lead before salvaging the two points.

Jason Cameron, Matthew Highmore and Nicolas Hebert scored in a 4:17 span for Saint John (18-37-5) to force extra time.

Cape Breton's Alex Bureau made 22 saves. Sebastien Auger kicked out 34-of-38 shots for the Sea Dogs.

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TIGRES 7 SAGUENEENS 1

CHICOUTIMI, Que. -- Jean-Francois Plante scored twice and Brandon Whitney made 36 saves as Victoriaville crushed the Sagueneens.

Lukas Pozgay, Carl-Antoine Delisle, Angelo Miceli, Anthony Beaulieu and Philippe Hudon also scored for the Tigres (31-23-7).

Nikita Liamkin scored the lone goal for Chicoutimi (26-34-1).

Julio Billia started in net for Chicoutimi and gave up six goals on 29 shots before giving way to Mathieu Duquette, who stopped 1-of-2 shots in eight minutes of relief.

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DRAKKAR 4 PHOENIX 1

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. -- The Drakkar used a three-goal third period to slip past Sherbrooke.

Jeremy Gregoire, Denis Gorbunov and Valentin Zykov scored in the third for Baie-Comeau (43-15-4) and Maxim St-Cyr opened the scoring in the second.

Daniel Audette scored the lone goal for the Phoenix (16-38-7), who sit three points out of the final playoff position.

Simon Lemieux made 24 saves for the Drakkar while Sherbrooke's Francis Desrosiers turned aside 40-of-44 shots in a losing cause.

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ARMADA 3 VOLTIGEURS 1

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. -- Christopher Clapperton scored twice as Blainville-Boisbriand snapped a four-game skid by downing the Voltigeurs.

Marc-Olivier Roy also scored for the Armada (38-14-9) and Etienne Marcoux stopped 29 shots for the victory.

Ryan Culkin scored the lone goal for Drummondville (37-21-4).

Louis-Philip Guindon turned aside 13-of-15 for the Voltigeurs.

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FOREURS 5 OLYMPIQUES 0

GATINEAU, Que. -- Anthony Mantha had two goals and an assist and Antoine Bibeau stopped 32 shots as Val-d'Or shutout the Olympiques.

Louick Marcotte scored once for the Foreurs (40-19-2) and assisted on goals by Anthony Richard and Samuel Henley.

Martin Reway and Emile Poirier led Gatineau (37-20-4) in shots on net with four each.

Robert Steeves stopped 32-of-37 shots for the Olympiques.

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OCEANIC 3 HUSKIES 1

RIMOUSKI, Que. -- Michael Joly had a pair of goals as the Oceanic extended their win streak to 10 games by beating Rouyn-Noranda.

Frederik Gauthier also scored for Rimouski (39-15-7) and now has five goals in his last four outings.

Oceanic netminder Philippe Desrosiers made 20 saves for the win.

Jason Fuchs scored the lone goal for the Huskies (33-23-5) and Guillaume Decelles stopped 20-of-22 shots in a losing cause.

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CATARACTES 2 REMPARTS 1 (SO)

SHAWINIGAN, Que. -- Giovanni Fiore scored once in regulation and the lone goal of the shootout as the Cataractes downed Quebec.

Marvin Cupper turned away 40-of-41 shots through 65 minutes and all three shooters in the shootout for Shawinigan (16-36-8).

Mikhail Grigorenko scored for the Remparts (35-16-9) while Francois Brassard made 30 saves in a losing cause.

The Cataractes went 0 for 3 on the power play while Quebec scored once on three chances.

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{allcanada} Smallville's Laura Vandervoort Is Engaged

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Oliver Trevenna and Laura Vandervoort

This is going to be one super wedding.

Smallville alum Laura Vandervoort is engaged to British actor and host Oliver Trevena, ET Canada reports.

News of their engagement spread after Vandervoort, 29, was spotted with a sparkler on her ring finger at Vanity Fair's Young Hollywood party earlier this week.

Vandervoort is best known for playing Supergirl on Smallville and Lisa on V. She currently stars on Syfy's Bitten.

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{allcanada} MAPLE LEAFS (32-22-7) at CANADIENS (33-21-7)

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Saturday, March 1, 2014

7:00 PM ET

MAPLE LEAFS (32-22-7) at CANADIENS (33-21-7)

TV: RDS, CBC

Last 10: Toronto 6-2-2; Montreal 6-2-2

Season series: This is the fourth of five games between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs this season, the final one in Montreal. The Maple Leafs have won two of the three games so far.

Big story: The Canadiens will have backup goaltender Peter Budaj in goal for a third straight game, with starter Carey Price still recovering from a lower-body injury he aggravated while playing for Canada at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

The Canadiens have picked up three of a possible four points against two difficult opponents, the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins, with Budaj in goal.

The Maple Leafs are two points behind the Canadiens in the Atlantic Division standings with both teams having 21 games to play, so this game increases in importance more than the usual furor surrounding a Toronto-Montreal matchup on a Saturday night.

"You're definitely coming to crunch time now," Budaj said Friday. "You have around 20 games left and every point is huge. It's starting to be playoff hockey and the points are going to be hard to come by, especially coming down the stretch. You just have to be ready. We know Toronto's going to be ready, so we have to worry about ourselves and make sure we're ready."

Team scope:

Maple Leafs: The Maple Leafs did not come out of the Olympic break the way they wanted, losing 5-4 in overtime on the road against the New York Islanders on Thursday.

The game featured a number of turnovers and mistakes typical of a team that just took two weeks off, but coach Randy Carlyle hopes his team is able to put that performance behind it as soon as Saturday.

"We can't change what happened [Thursday] night," Carlyle said after his team practiced at the Canadiens suburban training facility. "There's no way that we can bring that back. I know many people have tried, but that doesn't work that way, specifically in pro sports you have to have a short-term memory. What we've tried to do is recognize the things that we did to not give ourselves a chance more so than what we did do to give ourselves a chance."

Forwards Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk, who each played for the United States at the Olympics, did not practice but are expected to play against Montreal.

Canadiens: The Canadiens came from behind on four separate occasions to defeat the Penguins in a shootout, something few teams have done in Pittsburgh this season. But afterward the focus, as it often has been this season, was on coach Michel Therrien choosing not to play defenseman P.K. Subban in overtime.

Subban committed a turnover that led to a Brandon Sutter shorthanded goal that gave Pittsburgh a very short-lived 4-3 lead at 7:13 of the third period. Subban was used on the power play after that, but sat for all five minutes of overtime.

Therrien explained that he felt Subban's concentration was an issue in the game and didn't want to risk him making another mistake in overtime.

"We have a lot of confidence in P.K. Subban. He's a young defenseman," Therrien said. "The coaching staff pays a lot of attention to him to work with him so he can improve as much as possible -- him and the others. In his case, he's a guy that can make plays, but he needs to learn to play the percentages. When he does that he's efficient and he helps the team. So he needs to concentrate. It's kind of normal that he just played two games where he could have been better. When you come back from the Olympics your concentration level isn't always on point. But I'm very confident he'll be back to the defenseman we know."

Who’s hot: Van Riemsdyk has four goals and seven assists in his past eight games, and Kessel has 12 goals and 17 assists in his past 16 games for the Maple Leafs. … Canadiens center David Desharnais has two goals and five assists in his past five games, and Daniel Briere has two goals and two assists in the two games since the end of the Olympic break.

Injury report: Toronto center David Bolland (ankle) is day-to-day. … Price (lower body), defenseman Davis Drewiske (shoulder), and forwards Brandon Prust (upper body) and Michael Bournival (concussion) are out for Montreal. Forward Ryan White (illness) missed the game Thursday and did not practice Friday.

Team Stats